Vehicle-wheel.



L. INGLBE 6L G. M. HART.

VEHICLE WHEEL. APPLIoA'rIoN vFILED 15116.12, 190s.

934,1?3., l mem@ sept. 14,1969.

stirare 'LEWIS INGLEE AND CHARLES rarest onlne.,

lli. HART, OF AMITYVILLE, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-WHEEL.

esta te.

Specification of Letters Patent.

latented Sept. lei, i909.

Application led August 12, 3.908. Serial No. -i48,103.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

lle it known thatwe, Lnwis luenen and- (lutuuiss' lvl. llana', both citizens of the lluitcd States, and residents of Amityville, iu the county of Suffolk and State of New York, have invented a new and A'Improved Volricle-lllheel, of which the following is a full` clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in vehicle wheels, and more particularly to a tire construction whereby the inner tube of an ordinary pneumatic tire may be employed which the outer casing or shoe in its extended position. Uur improved construction may be used with 'the ordinary rinr` and in connection with the l'ordinary shoe or outer casing of the tire, without necessitating any changes in the latter,

Our invention consists in the provision of a plurality of cylinders and pistons within the tire, and so mounted and disposed as to resist not only pressure radially ot the wheel. *but also will resist side thrust or diagonal strain. i I

.leference is to be had tothe acompanying drawings forming a part of this .specification, in which drawings like characters of reference indicate like parts throughout the views, and in which# CIJ Figure l is a side view of a portion of a Y wheel, the tire and 'rim being shown in section; Fig. '2 is a transverse section through ilu1 parts shown in Fig; l, and upon a someis a longitudinul section on a still larger scale through a plunger which may be employed asa sub. stitute for that shown in Figs. l and 2.

Qur improved mechanism may be used in connection with' a` vehicle wheel having any suitable form of felly l0, secured to' the outer ends of the spokes ll, and encircling `the felly may be any suitable forni of clencher rim 1Q. The rim may be secured in place in any suitable manner, but. as shown it is formed of two sections, one a lined section 13 rigidly bolted to the folly by radial bolts '14, the other a 'removable section l5 secured to the folly by transverse bolts 1G. Each section isl provided with an outwardly extending and inwardly turned flange 17 which serves to engage with tho hase flanges of the tire casing or shoe. .ln connection with the rim any form of outer tire casing or shoe 1S may be employed having thecustomary base felly and clencherl flanges 19 for engagement with the flanges of the clencher .rim to hold said shoe in place. So far as above described in detail the parts do not constitute any material portion of our invention land are all old in the art. 'In connection with these parts, instead of eniploying` a pneumatic inner tube for holding the shoe against collapse, and to sustain the weight of the vehicle, we employ two steel rings 20 and 21,'spaced apart by compressor members. The outer ring 2O is preferably substantially sector shaped in cross section, and its greatest width is substantially equal to the inner diameter of the shoe.y The ring may if desired be provided with outwardly in openings or recesses in the inner surface in respect to the ring. The innerring 2l is of .smaller diameter and is disposed closely adjacentthe interior surface of-the clencher tween the two base flanges 19 of the shoe and serves not only to support the connecting` members between said rings, but also servos to space apart the base flanges 19 and hold them in engagement with the flanges of the clencher rim.

For spacing apart the two rings 2U and 21, but at the same time permitting of a limited amount of movement, we provide a plu-- rality of pairs of compressor members, each pair having the opposed surfaces ofthe rings. In the specific form of compressor members illus trated inFigs. l and 2, one member is in the form of a cylinder 23, having its baseln the form of aball 24 and adapted to fit within a socket in a plate 25, riveted or otherwise rigidly/secured to the ring 21.' The outer end of' each cylinder 23 is closed by a cylinder head 26, and within euch cylinder is mounted the other member, which in this instance is in the formof a piston 27 con;i nected to a piston rod 28 extending througl. thecylinder head 26 and terminating in a ball 29, which latter fits Within a socket in a plate 30 riveted or otherwise rigidly secured to the inner surface of the outer ring 20. The plates 25 are all secured to the ring 21 in alinement with each other, so that all of the balls 2l lie in the same circumferencemnd all at equal distances from the opposite edges of the ring 21. The plates() are not all disposed -in the same line, but each alterv nate one is disposed along the medial line of of the shoe to'prevent the shoe from slipping rim. This ring is preferably spaced beball and socket connections with sis extending projections 22 which engage with j -ioo lll)

next`, and :Within each there-is a compression vof the fluid and a corresponding movement or other suitable fluid, and the pistons are so said piston moves longitudinally of the cylywithin the open end of the other.

'movement is sli htly greater, due tothe bodthc rin 20,` While the remaining vones are dispose alternately upon opposite sides of-l the medial line and ad]acent the edges of the rin 2O.`

Lach cylinder is preferably `filled with oil,

formed `that the uid may owly escape from 'one side of the piston tothe other as Inder. Preferably each piston is provided with small apertures or 'passages 31 therethrough.- In place of using the cylinder and lpiston ,construction illustratedin Figs. 1 and 2, wemay employ two telescoping cylinders 23and27, each having an open end, and the'op'en end 'of one cylinder being disposed The in-I teriors of the two cylinders are in communication-with each other, and the space is filled With any suitable fluid. The outer `closed cylinders may be provided with balls @Eventi- 298, by means of which vthe de- ;Vice may ybe mounted within the sockets as" in the formfirst'described. As the Wheel rotates, the weight is continuously transferred from, one-pair'of telescopic members to the` of the rings 20l and 21 toward each other. In the form-shown in Figs. l and 2 thisily transfer of v uid through the passages 31.

The compre ssor members serve Inot only to hold the tire casing in proper form and suport the vehicle, but as eachv alternate one. las its axis at an angle to the plane' of the wheel, said compressor members serve also to resist side thrusts andany corresponding lateral movement of the ring 20 in respect to the ring 21 e.

The ,device may be readily attached to any place of the inner tube, and possesses substantially all of the advantages of a pneumatir tire, together with the added advantage of nonuncturability. The inner ring 21 may mere y rest between the flanges' 19 or may be secured in )lace by special bo ts, or b V the bolts 14 which hold the rim in lace.` f desired, the outer casing 18 toget er with the clencher rim may be left oft' l' and merely the rings 20 and 21 and their connecting compressor members be em- Plo edil!" aving thus described our invention, what Vwe claim as new and desire ters Patent is:

1. A vehicle wheel havin a rim, an outer casing secured to said rim a ong the opposite edges of thel latter, within the casing, and a plurality of'pairs of compressor' members .between said rmgs, one member of each of said pairs having ball and socket connections with theinner ring along-the medial line' thereof, and the other members of certain of said. pairshaving ball and socket connections with the outer ring upon opposite 'sides of the medial line thereof. Y

2. A vehicle wheel having a rim, two rings concentric therewith and spaced apart, a plurality of compressor members intermeto secure by Letvdiate said rings, all of said compressor -meinbers having ballandsocket connections with theinner of said rings alongtiie medial line thereof, and certain of said members having engagement with the 'outer ring'lupon one side of the medial line, and certain other of said members having engagement with the two concentric rings outer ring upon the opposite sideof the medial line. i v. 3]'. Av vehiclewheelfhav'mg-a rim, an outer casing 'secured to sald rim along the oppo* site edges of the latterptwo concentric rmgs 4 Within said casing, oneofsaid' rings serving to holdsaid 'casing in eno'agement with the edges of said rim, and a plurality ofpairs o f compressor member'sbe'tween said rings, one

pairshavmg ballmember of cach of-said and-socket connections with the inner ring y a'lon 'thejmedial lliney thereof and the other mem ers of certain of said pairs having balland-socket connections upon opposite sides of the medial linejof the other ring, each ofrsaid ball-and-socket connections being formed by alcall integral with its respective member'and a 'socket plate secured to the surface ci the corresponding ring, said coni'- Jressor members .inclosing a fluid acted upon i 'y relative movement of the members.

In testnnony whereof We have signed our names to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.- y l LFJNIS` .1Ncanals;

, GRAS; M. I'LRT.-

Witnesses: v

Geenen V. Ganar, FREDERIC Hg 

